Body movements
This movement involves bending a joint, decreasing the angle between two bones.
What is flexion?
This term refers to the tearing away of a piece of bone by a ligament or tendon.
What is avulsion?
This term describes the front of the body.
What is anterior?
This type of joint movement involves the movement of a limb away from the midline of the body.
What is abduction?
The term for the condition of swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in body tissues.
What is edema?
This term describes the movement of a body part towards the midline of the body.
What is adduction?
A stretched or torn ligament is commonly called this.
What is a sprain?
A body part that is closer to the point of attachment to the bodyis said to be this.
What is proximal?
When you rotate your forearm so that the palm faces downward, you are performing this movement.
What is pronation?
A deep cut or tear in the skin is known as this.
What is a laceration?
When you rotate your hand so that the palm faces upward, you are performing this movement.
What is supination?
A painful and swollen area filled with blood under the skin is known as this.
What is a hematoma?
The term for movement towards the midline of the body.
What is adduction?
This movement involves the bending of the wrist toward the thumb side of the hand.
What is radial deviation?
This term refers to the turning of the sole of the foot inward.
What is inversion?
Lateral flexion of the spine occurs in this plane.
What is the frontal plane?
This injury involves the displacement of a bone from its joint.
What is dislocation?
This direction refers to the back of the body.
What is posterior?
This movement involves the bending of the wrist toward the pinky side of the hand.
What is ulnar deviation?
The act of turning the sole of the foot outward.
What is eversion?
To lift your toes toward your shin is an example of this movement.
What is dorsiflexion?
This term refers to a stretching or tearing of a muscle or tendon.
What is a strain?
If you have a wound on the surface of the skin, it is considered this.
what is superficial
This movement involves the turning of a limb or body part away from the midline of the body.
What is external rotation?
This action involves the thumb touching other fingers on the same hand.
What is opposition?